Prince Charles' valet has admitted taking clandestine photographs of his boss's country home and passing them to a tabloid newspaper, an attorney said Friday.
But he denies saying Charles committed adultery in the bushes outside the mansion. Or saying the heir to the British throne turned off his bedroom security system to allow his purported mistress to slip in unannounced.Regardless, valet Ken Stronach looked set to lose his $19,000-a-year job taking caring of the prince's clothes and personal travel arrangements.
Stronach, one of the prince's longest serving employees, was suspended after the photos and comments attributed to him were published Sunday in the News of the World.
The paper featured a full-page photograph of Charles' bedside table. On it sat a framed picture of his close friend Camilla Parker Bowles. An interview attributed to Stronach said the valet had to wash grass stains from the prince's pajamas after garden trysts with Parker Bowles.